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Date:         Tue, 29 Nov 1994 21:26:43 -0600 (CST)
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From:         Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti>
Subject:      Re: More wear index

>From: dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca (David Carment) >Date: Tue, 29 Nov 94 17:11:28 EST

Dave Kautz writes: > > life - take the Oldsmobile diesel V8 for example. IMHO there are other > factors that help diesels last: the fuel is a lubricant rather than a

These diesels like the 8-6-4 engines of GM were a joke on the buying public... but on average diesels do last a long time even withstanding those GM outliers.

> together with new exhaust valves "just in case". The engine subsequently > found it's way into the double bus (two buses welded together) and was used > until he changed it out for a Ford V6. Total accumulated mileage is unclear

I saw a twobus in Palo Alto - bizarre is to simple a word-- are there many around?

> I think it would be both fun and interesting to collect and organize list > data on accumulated mileage and repair frequency. I even know of a "data/ > statistics pimp" who could probably suggest some good ways to organize it.. . > I tried this on a simple scale beginning with air-cooled vanagons. I got seven responses....DC > > >

---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6 voice - (613) 788-2600-6662 fax - (613) 788-2889 Email address: dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------------


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